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Originally Posted by rainygrrl
Lisi, I sure wish I knew as much about glass interactions as you do!
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Hehe..thanks!
I don't know as much as I would like to know. For example, what can I encase safely? Should I stick with same COE? Same line of glass?? I don't encase beads now, but one of these days I would like to, and I will have those questions.
I have done a lot of experimentation with all COEs as bases for the 96 COE frit, and I've learned that I feel safest with the closest matching COE of base color and frit on the surface. I haven't used 96 COE size #1 frit on 104 bases in a long time. I use the small grain frit sizes (#0 and #00) on 104 and I have never seen any troubles. I prefer to use Uroboros 96 as a base with size #1 frit.
What I would like to do is try out Reichenbach and Kugler 96 COE cane in white. They carry 3-4 different whites, so I will have to try all of them as a base for frit. I tried Gaffer enamel white cane and it was SO soft, it swallowed the frit right up. Even after multiple layers!
These are the very last beads I made where I used 96 COE size #1 frit with Effetre. (beads on the left) I have sold dozens and dozens of these beads before I stopped making them a couple of years ago. I have some old wonkies that I never threw away, and they must be at least 10 years old, and no breakage. That's good. lol!
